കോബ്രാഹില്‍സിലെ നിധി 12 [Smitha] 316

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp. kntWmUv tftWmWm]n^p¶p ASv. A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX Aks^ AenfpOoN^n¨p. ssNNÄ Nq¸n. bns¶ A]mÄ fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³s_ bmU§Ä sSm«pkµn¨p. ^mip`n³s_]pw. ‘Ba_n]msS Mm³ AkntkNw H^pbmXv b_]pN]pw {bkÀ¯n¡pN]pw sI]vSn«p*v. £fn¡\w,”” ^mip A]msa tWm¡n bp©n^n¨p. sSmjpssNNtamsX kntWmUv tftWm³ bn³km§n. A]mÄ WX¶p f_]p¶Sv tUkWm^m]\³ tWm¡n Wn¶p. “”H¶p^*p fmh§Ä¡v fp¼v Mm³ ^mKtlO^kÀ½¡v sNmXp¯ H^p kmPvUmWfp*v,”” At±iw SpXÀ¶p. ^mip At²is¯ tWm¡n. “”fimfrSypMvK]timf¯n³s_ sskUnN³ Wo]m]n^n¡psf¶v-. B ]mP¯nWv Wns¶¡mÄ t{lgvYWm] H^p sskUnNsW N*pNn«pN]nÃ. Culz^U¯fm] ]mPw KWW·¡m\v tfmtW. H^p h¶ymhn]psX fpOyfm] A NXf Wo F³s_ Atb£¡v fp¼n WnÊm^fm¡^pSv.”” ^mip At²i¯n³s_ ssNNÄ Nq«n¸nXn¨p. A]mapsX fpO¯v NpätdmVwWn_ªp. “”A§]psX BÚ]m\v F³s_ BWµw,”” A]mÄ b_ªp. “”A§]psX Cãw ASm\v– F¦n Cu fim]Ú¯n³s_ bpt^minSWmNm³ Mm³ H^p¡w; t]mPyWsæn`pw.”” A]mÄ At²i¯n³s_ fp¼n fp«pNp¯n. “”ASnWp tk*n A§v Fs¶ AWp{Pin¡q,”” At²i¯n³s_ k`Sv N^w A]mapsX ln^Ên`fÀ¶p. bns¶ At²iw N®pNaX¨p. CXSpssN A´^o£¯n`p]À¶p.kn^`pNan AWp{Pifp{UNÄ knXÀ¶p. H^p AWp{Pi f{´VzWn ^mip tN«p. ASnWp tlgw At±iw ^mip`nsW tSman¸nXn¨v Fjpt¶Â¸n¨p. “”F³s_ BËmU¯nWnt¸mÄ ASn^nÃ,”” A]msa BtÇgn¨psNm*v At±iw b_ªp. “”Cu ]Úw AhmVm^\ c`§Ä hrãvXn¡pw. lmb§Ä bqÀ®fm]pw fm_nt¸mNpw.b` KoknS§apw VWyfmNpw. WnPqZS]psX ]kWnN fmän ssblmInN lànNÄ skans¸Xpw. AkÀ SNÀ¡s¸Xpw. Nq«¯nÂ…”” At±iw fpjpfn¡msS In´]n`m*p. ^mip At²is¯ BNmw£t]msX tWm¡n. “”Wn³s_ KoknS¯n`pw H^p bs£ k`ns]m^p fmäw k^m³ hmVyS]p*v. AsS´ms\¶v fm{Sw A{S SoÀ¨ Nn«p¶nÃ,”” ^mip`n³s_ sWän]n IpankpNÄ kojp¶Sv At±iw N*p. “”Cu ]mPt¯msX ^mKNpfm^n]psX KoknS¯n N^nWnj kojv¯ns¡m*n^p¶ B lmbkpw WntÈgw fm_pw,”” “”lmbtfm?”” ^mip tImUn¨p. “”F´m\Sv–?”” fiÀgn tUkWm^m]\³ A]msa AUvepSt¯msX tWm¡n. “”C{SWmam]n CknsX k¶n«pw tfm³ AsS¡p_n¨v tN«n«ntÃ?”” At±iw AknlzhWo]St]msX tImUn¨p. “”l^n, tNÄ¡q, Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv